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Telecom Network Policy Management

The PCRF is a centralized policy decision point that deploys business rules to allocate network resources and manage subscriber charges. The Gx interface connects the PCRF to the PCEF, through which the PCRF controls policy and charging for subscribers. Key functions of the Gx interface include service provisioning, accounting, and session maintenance. The PCRF uses messages like CCA, RAR to install PCC rules and request confirmation of successful resource allocation from the PCEF.

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Telecom Network Policy Management

The PCRF is a centralized policy decision point that deploys business rules to allocate network resources and manage subscriber charges. The Gx interface connects the PCRF to the PCEF, through which the PCRF controls policy and charging for subscribers. Key functions of the Gx interface include service provisioning, accounting, and session maintenance. The PCRF uses messages like CCA, RAR to install PCC rules and request confirmation of successful resource allocation from the PCEF.

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The Policy Control and Charging (PCC) Rules Function (PCRF) is a centralized policy decision point that deploys

business policy rules to allocate network resources and manages flow-based charges for subscribers and services. 
Gx is the policy interface between the PCRF and the Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF), providing
control over policy and flow-based charges for subscribers.  Reference: TS 29.212.

The Gx interface includes support for:

 Service provisioning, activation, and deactivation;


 Threshold triggers for service statistics processing;
 Accounting;
 Subscriber session  maintenance (activation, updating and termination);
 Event notifications.

One important part of provisioning PCC rules is ascertaining that the requested resources associated with a PCC
rule are successfully allocated.  The PCRF can request this verification from the PCEF with a CCA or RAR message
that includes the Event-Trigger AVP with the value SUCCESSFUL_RESOURCE_ALLOCATION. The PCRF installs
the rules that require resource allocation confirmation by including the Resource-Allocation-Notification AVP with the
value ENABLE_NOTIFICATION within the corresponding Charging-Rule-Install AVP.
Message Exchange 1: CCR-I/CCA-I Initial Request/Answer
The PCEF establishes a Gx Session with the PCRF with a Credit-Control-Request Initialization (CCR-I) message. 
The PCRF responds to the PCEF with a Credit-Control-Answer (CCA-I) in which the PCRF requests that the PCEF
confirm that the resources associated with a PCC rule are successfully allocated.  This request by the PCRF is
accomplished by the inclusion of an Event-Trigger AVP with the value of
SUCCESSFUL_RESOURCE_ALLOCATION.

Message Exchange 2: AAR/AAA: Establish Rx session between CSCF and


PCRF
The CSCF establishes a Rx Session with the PCRF with a Authorize/Authenticate-Request (AAR) message.  The
PCRF responds to the CSCF with an AA-Answer (AAA).
Message Exchange 3: RAR/RAA Gx Re-Auth Request
The establishment of a Rx session triggers a Gx Re-Authorization Request from the PCRF to the PCEF.  Using the
Charging-Rule-Install AVP, the PCRF reauthorizes the installed PCC rules at the PCEF.  The PCRF indicates which
rules require notification by including the Resource-Allocation-Notification AVP with a value of
ENABLE_NOTIFICATION
Message Exchange 4: CCR-U/CCA-U Gx Update
The RAR/RAA exchange triggers a Gx CCR Update (CCR-U) from the PCEF to the PCRF, based upon the initial CCR-I/CCA-I
exchange with the Event-Trigger AVP with the value of SUCCESSFUL_RESOURCE_ALLOCATION from the PCRF (Message
Exchange 1).  The PCEF includes the Charging-Rule-Report AVP in the CCR-U which contains the Charging-Rule-Name
AVP for each of the rules installed.

Message Exchange 5: STR/STA


The Rx session is terminated.

Message Exchange 6: RAR/RAA


Gx reauthorization request/answer exchange as a result of the Rx session termination.

Message Exchange 7: CCR-T/CCA-T


The Gx session is terminated.

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